Auction Catalogue

17 March 2020

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Lot

№ 313

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17 March 2020

Hammer Price:
£100

A pair of 19th century portraits of Napoleon I, oil on ivory, bare head right and laureate head left, set in brass rings with glass front, within square black frames, dimensions 127 x 125mm, together with a lithograph portrait depicting Napoleon as Caesar, set in brass ring, in round black frame, diameter 129mm. £80-£100

The portraits depict Napoleon with laureate, as Caesar, and bare headed, after the antique, by Canova, 1802-6.

Please note ivory is covered by CITES legislation and may be subject to import/export and trade restrictions